Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An entrusted person or a person covered by subsection (2) may use or disclose relevant information for the purpose of managing one or more of the following:
(a) a risk covered by subsection (3);
(b) the risk of contagion of a listed human disease;
(c) the risk of listed human diseases entering Australian territory or a part of Australian territory, or emerging, establishing themselves or spreading in Australian territory or a part of Australian territory;
(d) human biosecurity emergencies.
(2) The following persons are covered by this subsection:
(a) a person employed or engaged by the Commonwealth or a body corporate that is established by a law of the Commonwealth;
(b) a biosecurity official;
(c) a chief human biosecurity officer;
(d) a human biosecurity officer;
(e) a biosecurity industry participant or an officer or employee of a biosecurity industry participant.
(3) The risk covered by this subsection is:
(a) the likelihood of a disease:
(i) entering Australian territory or a part of Australian territory; or
(ii) emerging, establishing itself or spreading in Australian territory or a part of Australian territory; and
(b) the potential for the disease to cause serious harm to human health.